Record Details
| NHER Number: | 24221 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Roman hearth and finds, medieval and post medieval objects |
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Summary
Metal detecting in the 1980s and 1990s recovered a number of Roman objects, including coins and brooches, as well as a medieval decorated lock and a post medival plaque fragment. Excavation in 1988 also noted a Roman period hearth in a pit.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 27 10 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG21SE |
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| Parish: | THORPE ST ANDREW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November 1987. Metal detector finds and surface finds in stubble area, taken out of cultivation in prepation for building Pound Lane housing estate. [1]
Spread of coins and pottery over area 150m east to west and 100m north to south.
See list in file.
A. Gregory (NAU), 10 December 1987.
1988. [2]
Excavations by D. Pritchard (NAU).
Roman sherds, quern, coin and brooch.
Prehistoric flint.
Undated silver sheet, iron and bronze.
Roman hearth in pit.
See full report and location plan in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 29 June 1988.
January 1988. Metal detecting. [1]
Spread of finds extended to southwest.
See file for details.
A. Gregory (NAU), 12 February 1988.
April - May 1988. Additional metal detector finds from this area. [1]
See file for details.
A. Gregory (NAU), 12 May 1988.
May-June 1988. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation prior to development of area in which scatter of Roman pottery and metal objects had previously been identified.
Finds recovered included:
Prehistoric worked flints and pottery sherds.
Roman pottery sherds, quern stone, coin and brooch.
Undatable silver sheet.
A pit with a clay lining was the only feature identifed. Although no traces of Roman buildings remained, the quality of the finds nevertheless suggests substantial domestic occupation.
See report (S2) for further details.
The finds recovered during this work have been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1995.69).
P. Watkins (HES), 24 March 2015.
1990. Found with metal detector.
Bronze 'book-shaped' decorated lock ?medieval, front plate only, with iron, corroded, on reverse. X-ray (s1) shows spring and two catches. Decoration is cast, and consists of diagonal lines and triangular zones.
Compiled by A. Rogerson (NLA), 1 November 1990
March to April 1995. In general area of site.
?Roman bracelet terminal fragment, transverse mouldings. Very battered.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
Compiled by A. Rogerson (NLA), 9 May 1995.#
Monument Types
- HEARTH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- PIT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- AWL (Undated)
- STEELYARD WEIGHT (Undated)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- BRACELET (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- KEY (LOCKING) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- QUERN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- WEIGHT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- LOCKING MECHANISM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PLAQUE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Slide: Various. Slide. |
| --- | Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service. |
| <S1> | X-ray: X ray. (NX 4440). |
| <S2> | Unpublished Report: Pritchard, D. and Gregory, T. 1988. Excavations at Dussindale Park, Thorpe St. Andrew. Norfolk Archaeological Unit Report. |
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